A POLITICAL TANGLE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1192, 29 July 1911, Page 5

A POLITICAL TANGLE.

NEW SOUTH WALES CRISIS,

FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. THE SPEAKER RESIGNS HIS OFFICE. Uy I'elceraDn—Press Association-OoDyrleht Sydney, July 2S. The outgoing State Ministry will continiii; tho administration of tho Departments until a new Cabinet is formed.

Late yesternight tho Speaker of tho Assembly (Mr. Cann) resigned his position. This puts tho situation in n tangle hard to unravel except by dissolution. The House will meet on Tuesday without a Speakor. There aro forty-four members on each side—Liberals and Independents against Labour men. Tho ion-Labour party will accept tho Speakership. , Mr. Holman, the Acting-Premier, states that the resignation of the Government was not contemplated until tho resignation of Messrs. Horno and Dunn caused the loss of tho working majority on which they had relied since taking office. 11 saw ho could not carry tho adjournment motion, and advised the Lieutenant-Gov-ernor (Sir W. P. Cullen) to prorogue tho House until the by-elections. This advice was not accepted, and the only course left was to resign. Mr. A. H. Griffith, Minister for Works, in aii interview, attacked the LieutenantGovcrnor, asserting that he showed partiality. Ho stated that his' Excellency had disfranchised tho people by not acting on the advice of tho Government, which on the last division of the House was shown to have a majority of five.

NO FRESH DEVELOPMENTS. (Eec. July 29, 0.15 a.m.) Sydney, July 28. There are no important developments to-day in-tho political situation. A cable message from the Premier, Mr. M'Gowen, is still being awaited.

The Labour caucus, at a leugthy meeting, discussed the situation, and, it is understood, decided that in view of tho by-election that an addition bo made to the Conversion Act Repeal Bill, providing for the safeguarding of all existing rights of converting Government leaseholds to freeholds.

It is reported that ,Mr. Neilson, Minister for Lands, opposed this decision.